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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
DNA
50 
Follow
the history of genetics at this site celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick. Learn about the history of
DNA with an interactive timeline, read Watson and Crick's paper on the Double
Helix that ran in the 1953 issue of Nature, or look at some DNA related art!
Intended
Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section:
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Science: Science as Inquiry
Curriculum Standard 1a
Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how the scientific
enterprise operates.
Proficiency
Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Demonstrate an understanding that science knowledge has, over time, accumulated
most rapidly after acceptance of major new theories.
Curriculum Standard 2f
Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that progress
in science and technology is controlled by societal attitudes and beliefs.
Proficiency
Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Illustrate, through example, that the knowledge produced through science and
technology changes the way members of society think.
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Demonstrate, by giving examples, the relationships between the maintenance and
progress of society and scientific and technological advancement.
Science:
Life Science
Curriculum Standard 3a
Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to recognize patterns and products
of evolution, including genetic variation, specialization, adaptation, and natural
selection.
Proficiency
Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Explain how the characteristics of living things depends upon genes.
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Estimate the degree of kinship among organisms or species, e.g. from the similarity
of their DNA base-pair sequences, anatomy, physiology, or behavior.
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Describe how genetic material is passed from parent to offspring during asexual
and sexual reproduction, e.g. mitosis, meiosis.
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Research a human genetic trait and trace its appearance/presence through a family
history and predict the inheritance patterns and probabilities through the next
generation.
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Explain how new genetic traits can arise and become established in a population,
e.g. mutation of DNA, new gene linkages, crossing over, etc.
Curriculum Standard 3d
Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand fundamental structures,
functions, and mechanisms of inheritance found in microorganisms, fungi, protists,
plants, and animals.
Proficiency
Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Explain, in general terms, the role DNA plays in controlling cell functions.
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